The prime-time hearing finale held by the Jan. 6 committee on Thursday drew in the second-highest number of TV viewers of the entire summer slate.
A total of 17,667,000 viewers tuned into the hearing, which aired from roughly 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., across 10 different networks, according to ratings from Nielsen released on Friday. The first summer hearing held on June 9, the only other one to air at 8 p.m., accumulated 20,043,000 views spanning 11 networks. All the other hearings were held in the morning or afternoon and had weaker ratings.
“In total, each of the eight hearings averaged 13.1 million viewers,” a statement from Nielsen reads. “The two prime time hearings averaged 18.9 million viewers per hearing, and the other six hearings, which were daytime broadcasts, averaged 11.2 million viewers per hearing.”
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The daytime hearings have never reached the same levels of viewers as the prime-time hearings, with the highest of the non-prime-time hearings being 13,231,000 viewers. The sixth hearing, which aired at 1 p.m., reached a total of 10,452,000 households.
In line with the previous hearings, the age range with the most viewers for Thursday’s hearing was people aged 55 and older, at 13,610,000 viewers, followed by people between the ages 35 and 54 (2,982,000 viewers), and people between the ages of 18 and 34 (705,000 viewers).
The age range of people between 18 and 34 has never reached over 1 million views. Many of the clips of the hearing, as well as key moments from it, are available on social media and for people to watch. There were also livestreams and news write-ups of the testimony.
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The latest hearing focused on what former President Donald Trump was doing at the White House during the Capitol riot up until he released a video urging the rioters to leave.
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the vice chairwoman of the Jan. 6 committee, said on Thursday that the panel plans to hold more hearings come September.
